Box handle and cover-opening means



F. A. HERRICK.

BOX HANDLE AND COVER OPENING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED lAN.3, x922.

Patented 0013. 17, 1922.

ITIVENT C11 1 M,

Patented Got. 17, 1922.

ITED s1" FRANK A. HERRICK, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

BOX HANDLE AND COVER-OPENING MEANS.

Application filed January 3, 1922. Serial No. 526,600.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK A. HERRICK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have made an Invention Appertain ing to a Box Handle and Cover-Opening Means; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to carrying and cover opening means for receptacles and is particularly intended for use in connection with small boxes for containing shoe polish or other material. I

The object of the invention is the provision of a device of the class described, which combines both a handle and cover opening means for receptacles, is simple and inexpensive in its construction and is capable of being easily and quickly applied to a box.

The invention is fully described in the following specification, and while, in its broader aspect, it is capable of embodiment in numerous forms, a preferred embodiment thereof is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,-

Figs. 1 and 2 are plan and side views respectively, of a receptacle embodying the invention. Fig. 3 is a top view thereof with the cover removed and with a part broken away. Fig. 4 is an edge view thereof with the cover opening means turned to cover opening position and with the cover partly open, and Fig. 5 is an inner end view of the device embodying the invention removed from a receptacle.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the body of a box or two-part receptacle, and 2 the cover, which is adapted to telescopically fit down over the top portion of the box and is provided with a marginal edge flange or bead 3. The box is preferably of circular form and has an external bead or ridge 4 therearound to coact with the edge of the cover to limit the telescoping engaging movements of the two parts.

The device embodying the invention preferably comprises a stiff wire like member 5, which is doubled upon itself to form the two legs 6 and 7 that are preferably spaced a distance apart at their looped ends and converge toward their free ends. One of the legs, 7 in the present instance, is formed at its end with a laterally projecting loop 8,

which encircles the adjacent portion of the 0 other leg and has its end extending tangentially from the loop to form the tongue 9, which tongue is disposed transverse to the leg 6. The terminal end of the leg 6 projects beyond the loop 8 through a bearing hole in a side of the body 1 below the rib 4.

The loop 8 shoulders against the outer side of the box body to limit the extent of insertion of the leg 6 through the bearing opening therein, and the leg is retained in leg may be retained in engagement with the body in any other suitable manner.

It is evident that the member 5 serves at all times as a handle for carrying or holding the box and that when turned relative to the box with the leg 6 thereof as its turning pivot and the cover is in position on the box, the tongue 9 will engage the edge flange 2 of the cover and raise the adjacent side of the cover from engagement with the body,

the tongue 9 having camming action on the cover edge. This forms a very simple and inexpensive cover opening means which is permanently attached to the box for holding the same and is rotatable without disturbing its holding position with respect to the box, so as to effect a lifting of the cover from the box.

I wish it understood that my invention is not limited to the specific construction.

arrangement or form of the parts illustrated, as it is capable of numerous modifications and changes without departing from the spirit of the claims.

Having thus described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a box of the class described having a removable cover telescoping the box body, of a handle projecting from a side of the box body for pivotal movements about an axis at right angles to the portion of the body from which it projects, a portion of the handle having a coil looped about another portion thereof in shouldered engagement with the outer side of the box body and having a tongue projecting therefrom and operable by a turning of the handle to act on an adjacent edge portion of the cover to force it from the box body.

2. The combination with a box having telescoping body and cover portions, of a wire like member doubled upon itself to form a handle and having the terminal portion of one leg journaled in a side of the box body and the terminal portion of its other leg looped about the first leg in side abutment with the box body, with the outer loop end projecting therefrom to coact with the cover edge to force the cover froin the box when the handle is turned.

3. The combination with a box of the class described having telescoped body and cover members, the cover member being provided with an outwardly project-ing edge flange, of a wire like member doubled upon itself to form a handle with one leg projecting through and having a pivot bearing in a side of the body radially thereof and having interior coaction with the body side to prevent withdrawal of the leg from engage ment therewith, the other leg of the member being looped at its free end around the pivot leg in coaction with the outer side of the body and then extending transversely from the leg to form a tongue for engagement with the flanged edge of the cover to force it open when the handle member is turned relative to the box body.

4. The combination with a box of the class described having telescoped body and cover members, the cover member being provided with an edge flange, of a wire-like member doubled upon itself to form a handle with one leg thereof projecting through a side bearing opening in the box body radially thereof and having its free end portion longitudinally split with the furcations thereof spread outward within the box to retain the handle leg in engagement therewith, the

other leg of the handle having its terminal portion looped about the pivot leg in coaction with the outer side of the box and forming a laterally projecting tongue for engagement with the cover edge to force it from the box body. when the handle is turned.

5. The combination with a box of the class described, having a body and a cover telescoping thereover, the body having a bearing opening in its side, of a handle projecting outward from the box side and having a journal part disposed longitudinally thereof and projected through said opening for turning movements therein, and secured against withdrawal, said handle also having a shoulder on the journal part for bearing contact against the outer side of the body and forming a tongue for cover openhandle is turned.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name to this specification.

FRANK A. HERRI'CK.

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